Tai Chi Hero

Tai Chi Hero 2012

2: tài yīngxióng jué

Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.

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5.07 Advanced Director Stephen Fung 🍅 45%

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Vocabulary

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lǎn not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
chén chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister HSK 7
zūn self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride HSK 7
bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
ruǎn ruò weak; feeble; flabby HSK 7
jué a resolution; to pass a resolution HSK 7
yíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face HSK 7
shàng kōng overhead; in the sky HSK 7
gāng to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together HSK 7
shang Buddhist monk HSK 7
shǒu a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help HSK 7
fáng there is no harm in; might as well HSK 7
shè to try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth) HSK 7
xīn ài beloved HSK 7
dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
线 xiàn front line HSK 7
huǎn slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate HSK 7
yán to prolong; to extend; to delay HSK 7
xià lìng to give an order; to command HSK 7
tóu hào first rate; top rank; number one HSK 7
chuán wén rumor HSK 7
do not HSK 7
bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth) HSK 7
fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
yǒu organic HSK 7
mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
shàng si boss; superior HSK 7
pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
tān to spread out; vendor's stand HSK 7
huā yàng pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) HSK 7
liú làng to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant HSK 7
guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy HSK 7
fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
xiàn pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect HSK 7
xìng mìng life HSK 7
to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] HSK 7
miáo zhǔn to take aim at; to target HSK 7
shēn zi body; pregnancy; health HSK 7
emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain HSK 7
měi dāng whenever; every time HSK 7
to tear HSK 7
nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
xùn to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule HSK 7
liū to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate HSK 7
kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ] HSK 7
Fèng huáng Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 HSK 7
zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7